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MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aan. a, reir.

Application led January 27, 1913. Serial No. 744,301.

AThe invention relates to the household implement commonly known as a mop, used for cleaning floors, woodwork and' other surfaces, and the objects of the improvementsV include the use of a mop cloth in such a form that it may be readily removed from and replaced on the handle and also renewed when worn out; and normally cover the whole of the mop head and the adjacent portion of the handle when in use, and is adapted to have the moisture wrung out by applying the hand to that portion of the cloth which is always located above the mop head.

Another object of the invention relates to the use of a mop head of such form and material as will adapt itself and the cloth to the various inequalities in the surface to be cleaned without in any 'manner injuring or abrading the same, and at the same time will serve for frictional drying and rubbing purposes when the cloth is removed. And the improvements also pertain to the means for wringing the mop including a spool adapted lto rotate and slide on the handle, on which spool the upper end of the mop cloth is adapted to be secured.

The general thus set forth in general terms, and other ancillary advantages, are attained by the preferred embodiment thereof set forth in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved mop showing the parts in position forv use; Fig. 2,-a similar view showing the -parts in position for wringing; Fig. 3, a

longitudinal section of the mop in the plane of the head, on line 3 3, Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a longitudinal section across the plane of the head on line 4.-4, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a detached perspective view of the mop head; and Fig. 6, a detached elevation of the wringing spool.

Similar numerals referv to similar parts throughout the drawing.

The mop is composed of the handle 1, the head 2, the spool 3 and the cloth 4, of which parts the handle is preferably made of Wood at the same time will' the handle,

purposes of the invention, i

or other suitable incorrodible material in the form of a round rod.

rIhe mop headA is preferably made of' rubber` orother similar elastic non-absorbent material, in the form of a fiat plate, the

upper middle portion 5 of which isvthick-v ened and extended upward, and provided lwith -the axial socket 6 for receiving the end of the handle. The lower end of the handle 1s secured in the socket by means of a waterproof cement, and it is preferred to strengthen this joint, more particularly against the rotation of one part with respect to the other, by means of lthe blind pin 7 passed through the aperture 8 in the 'greatest diameter of the head and through thev diametric aperturev 9 in the handle; which pin is preferably made of wood or other strongl and incorrodible material, with its ends located well within the outline of the head, so that its presence in the head is negligible as aecting the wholly-elastic and nonab sorbent character thereof.

The spool 3 is preferably made of wood, hard rubber or other incorrodible and sublstantially inelastic incompressible material,

and is provided with the axial aperture 10 adapted to loosely telescope and rotateyon ternal annular ribs`11 and 11 on its ends; and the intervening external surface is `preferably tapered from a smaller diameter above to a larger diameter below, as shown in the drawing.

rllhe cloth is made of any suitable woven or otherwise formed soft, absorbent and pliable fabric in the form of an elongated Hat bag of such transverse dimensions that its body portion will loosely inclose the mop and also preferably with the ,ex-,V

head, andv preferably having its upper or openend gored, gathered or otherwise constricted in size to form a neck litting around the spool. preferably secured on the spool, as by means of the cord 12 wrapped around the neck, but the use of such cord is not essential when the neck is otherwise tightly formed or itted around the spool; and it is evident that by reason of the tapered form of the spool the neck of the cloth will more tightly grip the same when drawn downward thereon, whatever may be the method of securing the neck on the spool, and that the' ribs will furthermore serve to retain The neck of the mop cloth is lower end portion of one side edge of the cloth bag, which slit is made of suitable size to freely pass over the mop head; and it is evident that the parts 'may be readily assembled by passing the handle and head through the vent and at the same time telescoping the spool on the handle, and that the cloth bag can be removed from the dle with one hand and the neck head and handle by reversing this operation. l

In the use, of the mop, whenever it is desired to wring the cloth bag, it is only necessary for the operator to grasp the hanof the bag around the spool with `the other hand; and to draw the neck upward by sliding the spool on the handle, as far as may be desired, and twisting the neck by rotating the rounding portion of the bag spool on the handle, in which latter operation the head of the mop prevents the surfrom turning, thus accomplishing a wringing of that portion of the mop above the head, as illustrated for the Whole of the mop in Fig. 2; whereupon, by releasing the hand from the neck of the'bag, the cloth will drop downward to its normal operative position, as

. shown in Fig. 1.

' It is evident that the flat shape and the flexible material of which the head is wholly made permits all its edges to bend according tothe exigencies of the Work and permits the mop cloth to adapt itself to the inequalities of the surface worked upon; and also permits the head to be used as a frictional drier or rubber when the mop cloth is removed therefrom.k It is also evident that the simplicity of the relatively few parts and the materials of which the head and spool are made produce a very sanitary mop; that the cloth can b e readily removed and replaced, or renewed, whenever necessary or desirable.; andl that the presence of the slit in the side edge of the bag does not affect the cleaning and wearing surfaces of the bag'.

I claim:

l. Ay mop including a handle with a flat head thereon, a rotatable 'sliding spool on the handle, and a cloth formed as an elongated lat bag loosely surrounding the head and having its upper end clamped around vthe spool and a slit in its lower portion elongated fiat ba clamped at its 'upper end around the spoo head.

MARY G. REILLY. Witnesses:

WM. J. REILLY, HENRY R. BYEBs.

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